How To Install xlsatoms on Fedora 34

xlsatoms is X11 atom list utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xlsatoms on Fedora 34.

What is xlsatoms

xlsatoms prints the atom database from an X server.

We can use yum or dnf to install xlsatoms on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xlsatoms.

Install xlsatoms on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xlsatoms using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xlsatoms

Install xlsatoms on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xlsatoms using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xlsatoms

How To Uninstall xlsatoms on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the xlsatoms package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xlsatoms

xlsatoms Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xlsatoms
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/158d1b5ad4e6171b94088a0024d098b168dbc1
/usr/share/man/man1/xlsatoms.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xlsatoms on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.